Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.